2005 Fleetwood expedition.

Gundog wrote:
I think I am going to do the drive to see this one. Even the NADA price matches what he is asking. Most of the coaches I have been interested in have been priced way above NADA pricing most 10K-15K above.

You talking high book or low?
Down here, most private sales are for below low retail NADA.
Look at what's for sale on the American Coach site, except for the one that's for more and has been for sale since Jan... ACA for Sale List
Then there PPL's published sold prices that make for a good reference for comparing to NADA .... PPL SALES
It's been over two years now and our coach is still worth more at low retail, than what we paid for it.
As for asking prices, you can ask anything you want. Getting it may not be so easy. For paying too much over, it's worth a fly and for a maiden voyage on the return home.

Oh yeah, unless being stored inside saved them or they have been repaired, the dual pane windows will be fogged up.

Another $2500-$3000.

I bought a 38N Expedition in 2005, still have it. It’s been a good coach. The usual problems; ride ht valves, couple bad slide motors.

I’ll bet a steak dinner it’s a 300 CAT C7. If they tuned it to 350 after factory; beware. The cooling system wasn’t designed to handle it and it didn’t give you any more torque. No complaints with my drive train or chassis, 60K miles.

It’s a Allison 3000, which is fine.

It’s a TPO, not rubber, roof. If I have any words of wisdom, it’s look for leaks. Look around the shower, end caps, etc.

The hitch is rated for 10,000 # BUT a year after I bought it, I got a letter and a new rating label stating it was only good for 5000# unless you added WDHitch, 500# max tongue weight. I remember that making a few buyers angry, didn’t affect me. I towed a 5000# cargo trailer occasionally. BTW, the chassis comes pre wired with seven wire plug including brake power which is buried up in the dash behind the instrument cluster.

Other than that, look for tire age $4K, and there is a big maintenance every five years;
All fluids eg coolant, ps fluid, diff, trans, belts, air filter, air compressor desiccant,
(it’s due hoses) plus oil and filters so I would guess another $5k. My guess is it’s never had it, most don’t.

Look at the dash air close too. Any belt whine when you turn it on?

Good luck, let us know how it turned out.

I think I am going to do the drive to see this one. Even the NADA price matches what he is asking. Most of the coaches I have been interested in have been priced way above NADA pricing most 10K-15K above.

Gundog,
You can probably lookup the brochure for this particular coach. And, if you find one, it SHOULD tell you what engines and trans were available as both standard and options, based on maybe length etc. At least that's the way it is for Winnebago and Itasca products. Now, at this point, and knowing very little about the Expedition, I'm gonna guess that, because it's the model it is, I'd just about bet it's the 350HP CAT C-7. Those are good motors, in spite of some on here that think they were all bad.

If that were the case, there would be dead delivery trucks, fire trucks, cement trucks, over the road trucks and more, not to mention the ZILLION RVs that also have them, all over the country and even outside the country. Proper care of it is essential. Knowing the EXACT amount of oil during a change is imperative. And, I'd also bet that, if it's the C-7 350HP CAT, it's a 19 quart change, including the filter.


And, based on the potential fact of it having the C-7 350, I'd also bet it's got the MH3000 6-spd Allison. A great tranny. Most Fleetwood products are outfitted with a rubber roof. Do get a chance to get up on that roof and do a thorough inspection. Most of those rubber roofs hold up pretty good, for a long period of time. And if this coach as you say, has been indoors for storage for most of its life, that roof SHOULD be in outstanding shape.

Our last coach was a Fleetwood product. It was a '99 Fleetwood Bounder 34V with the V-10 and F-53 chassis. That of course, was a gas coach but, the fit and finish of that Fleetwood product was very good in my opinion. Had almost no issues with that side of things. It had Power Gear leveling jacks which, I had to rebuild two of them, no big deal. The slide (only one) was also a Power gear and, we had zero troubles with it.

The rest of the coach is standard RV suppliers. Atwood heater and water heater, Sureflo water pump, and all that. I've known a few folks with Fleetwood Discoveries and, everyone of them had absolutely great luck with them. One had a '99 with the 275 Cummins and, he put a Banks kit on it and man, was he tough to catch. The other two were an '01 and an '02, both with CAT 3126 engines which, gave them great service. Good luck and do let us know what you find.
Scott

P.S. OK, on edit: I dug up two different brochures and, I'm a bit surprised but, according to the brochure with the pertinent info I wanted, it labels the coach with the only available engine, the 300HP CAT, hmmmmm.
http://www.coltonrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2005-Fleetwood-Expedition-Brochure-Colton.pdf